* DAVID CRONE RHA RUA (IRISH b 1937 - ), CLERGUE'S NUDES oil on canvas, signed and dated '96, titled verso 70cm x 50cm Framed. This painting is a homage to the French photographer, and close friend of Picasso, Lucien Clergue (1934 - 2014). Clergue's body of work included 'zebra nudes' - when light coming through window blinds casts striped patterns, gracefully highlighting the female form. Note: David Crone was born in Belfast, 1937 and was educated at the Belfast College of Art in 1956 studying sculpture. One of his best-known works in sculpture is the Horse and Rider (1960) and can be seen in the Queen's University Collection. He gradually finished his education in sculpting and then slowly turned to painting which is something he had never done before. Since 1985, Crone has been lecturing at the Belfast College of Art and is viewed as one of Northern Ireland's most vital artists today, having had many solo exhibitions in places such as the Tom Caldwell Gallery, the Northern Ireland Arts Council and the Hendricks and Kerlin Galleries in Dublin. In 2000 The Ulster Museum organised a major retrospective exhibition of his work.